Our friend, Vicki, is one very happy woman. For many years now,
she has carried a heavy load of nagging credit card debt. If you've
ever been in debt for a while, you know how it always weighs you
down like this heavy burden on your back. Well, Vicki recently
came into some money through an inheritance, and you know
what she did with it! She had a party - a check writing party!
All those debts are paid, and you can tell she feels like she just
got out of prison!
MORE!!!
BLOGS DESIGNED FOR GENTLE OUTREACH
ReplyDeleteGeraint Lloyd is at a Bible college in UK, and has just launched a blog
'Lloyd about life'. The purpose is to post discussion on issues in the
news, or more personal thoughts, from a Christian worldview. Visit the
site, link to it, blog about it, send him some encouragement, or add your
own comments to different posts.
Click Here
http://www.lloydaboutlife.com/
And Vic is a Canadian grandmother: "I live in a rural community in northern
Canada and live in close proximity to wildlife about which I like to write
anecdotes; also some memories and observations."
Click Here
http://caribooponderer.blogspot.com/
And if you want cartoons for your blog, see Dave Walker's site:
Click Here
http://www.weblogcartoons.com/
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SHARING SECRETS
It was encouraging to find that there is already a website using that
'share your secret' approach proposed in last issue:
http://www.mysecret.tv/
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BREAKING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
INDIA: Microsoft has a target to increase computer use in India. The goal
is no less than to have 400-500 million computer users:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2450962.html
Current users in India have been found to be rather less than previously
thought, says Internet World Stats:
http://www.internetworldstats.com/usage/use009.htm
Jakob Neilsen looks at the implications of the digital divide:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/digital-divide.html
TechMission exists to help communities at risk with appropriate technology:
http://www.techmission.org/
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VACANCY FOR WEBMASTER
Coming up next time: more details on the vital need for a webmaster to work
on a trilingual website to reach a very unreached people group in Asia.
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THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
One pastor's struggle with temptation:
http://www.ctlibrary.com/le/1999/fall/9l4084.html
When Great Leaders Fall - interview with Wayde Goodall:
http://guide.gospelcom.net/offsitelink?b06dec-mondaymorning
DAWKINS AND GOD: Calling Dawkins' Bluff. by Peter Williams:
http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=503
TV FEELS THE PINCH: Is it the beginning of the end for 'appointment TV' -
programs at particular times?
http://guide.gospelcom.net/offsitelink?b06dec-reuters
WIKIPEDIA COMES CLEAN QUICK:Being volunteer-based, with the potential for
perverse rogue postings, a professor tried adding some very small errors of
fact, expecting them to remain posted for months. In fact, they were
corrected within three hours!
http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/42433.html
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TIPS
-non-techies look away now
TOOLS FOR YOUR WEB MINISTRY - useful stuff from Christian Computing magazine:
http://ccmag.gospelcom.net/2006_11/2006_11internettoolbox.pdf
CSS Styling for Print and Other Media - from Digital Web magazine:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/css_styling_for_print_and_other_media/
CYCLICAL RSS FEEDS: A cyclic RSS feed has only a certain number of entries
(or "episodes" or "issues" if you want to call them that) and is designed
to be read in a specific sequence:
http://guide.gospelcom.net/offsitelink?b06dec-researchbuzz
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PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER: SP_M SITUATION GETS CRAZIER
There has been a 300% increase in email sp-m in the last four months:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2470181.html
Increasingly, users' own computers are unwittingly sending them out too:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2470742.html
So, if your computer does not already have both antivirus and spyware
software, add it today. Spyware Doctor, or Search and Destroy spy software
are f.r.e.e:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/?ref=google_anti_spyware
and among various antivirus programs, Avast is f.r.e.e to personal users:
http://www.avast.com/
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INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH USING MOBILES/CELLPHONES
A set of 15+ ministry and Christian business leaders are beginning to talk
together about their use of the mobile/cellphone platform for delivering
Christian and evangelistic content, particularly in non-English languages.
We are looking for networking opportunities and collaboration in this
emerging field. Participants include those focusing on mobile Bible
applications, cellflix and media, daily verse applications, SMS, podcasts
and vodcasts, virally-spread content, evangelistic websites designed for
mobile access, mobile followup to other media, and more. If interested in
participating in these discussions, contact Rev. David Hackett of
visionSynergy (networking and partnerships specialists) at:
dhackett [ at ] visionsynergy.net
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EPHESIANS GROUP STUDY BOOKLET FOR DOWNLOAD
SOON Ministries have published a 32-page group study booklet on Ephesians.
Written in easy-English, it is primarily for the non-Western world.
Download it in PDF or Publisher formats, and print out as many copies as
you need.
http://www.soon.org.uk/ephesians.php
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IF ONLY...
- someone had built a bridge strategy site like this...
LIKEBETTER: fun photo game where you choose from two, the photo you like
better. When you have chosen enough, the brain image near the bottom will
flash pink. This means that the brain has some insight into your
personality or life from the photos you've chosen:
http://www.likebetter.com/
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TAILEND ô¿ô
Willard Wigan is incredible. He makes the smallest artworks in the world,
for instance statues that sit on the head of a pin.
http://www.willard-wigan.com/
Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a
weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the
ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
[Source: www.mikeysFunnies.com ]
You couldn't make it up:
A Welsh sausage factory has been told by Trading Standards officers that
their 'Welsh Dragon' brand sausages must be better labelled, so that
consumers are not misled into believing the sausages contain dragon meat.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8213-2458696.html